Non-refillable bottle.



PATBNTED DEG. 6, 1904.

H. PARKER.

NONREFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1904.

H0 MODEL.

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llT @Rt HENRY PARKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

lhlONREFlLLtBLE BOTTLE..

SJECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,678, dated December 6, 1904.

Application sied April e, 1904,

To (LN 1077/07/11/ it 771/5113/ concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PARKER, a citiren oi the United States, residing,l at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State oit' New York, have invented certain new and use'lul Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification, such will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottles, jugs, jars, and similar vessels; and the object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class with a neck attachment so constructed that when the vessel has been once lilled and the attachment applied the vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or reused.

lln the drawings forming part of this specilication I have shown my improvementapplied to an ordinary bottle; and the invention is fully disclosed in the 'following' specification, of which said drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view oiE a bottle and a part oil: the bottle, the neck being provided with my improved neck attachment and the parts being shown in a tilted position; Fig. 2, a plan view of the neck; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 5; Fig. t, a section on the line i4 of Fig. 5; and Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the bottle and the neck thereof Vin an upright position.

In the drawings forming part of this specilication I have shown at t a part of an ordinary bottle provided with a neck u?, at the bottom of which is an inwardly-directed annular shoulder fr, and the neck of the bottle is also provided at a predetermined distance above the annular shoulder r3 in the form of construction shown with a supplemental annular and inwardly-directed shoulder' 021.

l/Vithin the bottom portion of the neck of the bottle is placed a cup-shaped valve-seat having' side ports or passages b2, two of which are shown, and the valve-seat t is provided with a flange or rim 3, which rests on the annular shoulder e and between which and said Serial No. 201,792. (No model.)

annular shoulder is prelerably placed a gasket L, composed of cork or other suitable material. Resting in and supported by the valveseat is an inverted hollow and conical valve c, having a 'flange or rim c, of cork or other suitable material, which is secured thereto, and said valve and the valve-scato are preterablycomposed of glass; but the gasket Z1" and the liange or rim c oit' the valve are prelerably composed oi cork or other similar material, so as to provide a close iit between the liange oi the valve-seat and the annular shoulder a3 and between the top of the valve and the liange or rim 3 of the valve-seat; but the gasket l/i and the 'liange or rim b3 may also be composed of glass, it' desired, and the Vl'lange or rim c2 oll the valve may be formed integrally with said valve, if desired. The valve c is also preferablyT connected with valve-seat by means ot silk cords or similar devices (Z, so as to limit the movement of the valve, and placed in the top portion of the neck ai or' the bottle and resting on the annular shoulder c* is a disk c, having a central port or passage ci, and with the bottom el? which is connected a depending rod or member e, which when the parts oi' the attachment are in position within the neck of the bottle bears on the central portion o'l' the valve-seat as shown at e", and said rod or member is preferably made smaller at its lower end than at the upper end thereof, so as to permit of the `lree operation of the valve c, and the upper end o'll said rod or member is provided with an enlarged head a, between which andthe port or passage i are supplemental ports or passages e, and said disk e is held in position by a sleeve f, secured in the top portion oi" the neck a in any desired manner.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying (,lrawings and the following statement thereof. The bottle t is lirst filled with the desired contents, a'lter which the gasket 7)" is inserted into the neck ai. The valve c and the valve-seat are then connected and the valve-seat, with the valve therein, is dropped into the neck and the liange or rim b3 thereof rests on the gasket b". The disk e is then placed in position and the lower endof the rod e3 bears on the central bottom portion of the valve-seat and holds said valve-seat in position, after which the sleeve f is secured in the top of the neck of the bottle, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and the neck of the bottle may then be securely closed by an ordinary cork or plug inserted into the sleevef. Then it is desired to empty the bottle or discharge a portion of its contents, the cork or plug is removed and the bottle is inverted or tilted, as shown in F ig. l. In this operation the valve c leaves its seat, as is also shown in said ligure, and the contents of the bottle are free to flow out through the ports or passages Z22 and through the ports or passages e2 and e, and this operation may be continued or repeated until the bottle is entirely emptied. If an attempt be made to refill the bottle by pouring liquids thereinto, the valve c will at once drop into the seat and no liquids can enter the bottle, and this operation of said valve will be the same in any position in which the bottle can be held in an attempt to pour liquids thereinto. The valve c may also be made to serve as a float, and in this event will prevent liquids from being forced into the bottle by holding the bottle in an upright position and applying a pump or other device for forcing liquids thereinto.

My invention is not limited to the cords l for connecting' the valve @with the valve-seat band limiting the movement of said valve, and any suitable means may be provided for limiting' the movement of the valve cwhen it drops out of the seat as hereinbefore described.

rI he object of the disk c having the central port or passage c2 and the enlarged head c5 of the rod or member e3, between which and said disk are supplemental ports or passages c, is to prevent thel insertion of a tool or instrument in an attempt to interfere with the operation of the valve c or, in other words, to form a guard or guards to protect said valve.

As hereinbefore stated, the valve c may be made to serve as a float in order to prevent liquids from being placed into the bottle, and the flange or rim c2 thereof if made of cork will serve for this purpose, and said flange or rim may be made of any desired dimension in order to accomplish this result, and additional cork may be applied to the top of said valve for this purpose, if desired.

My improved neck attachment for vessels of the class specified is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and is perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and changes in and modications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle or similar vessel having a neck provided with an annular inwardly-directed shoulder, a cup-shaped valve-seat adapted to rest on said shoulder and provided with side ports or passages, an inverted hollow7 conical valve placed in said valve-seat and movable longitudinally of the neck of the bottle and adapted to close said ports or passages, a disk secured in the neck of the bottle above the said annular shoulder and provided with a port or passage and a central depending member the lower end of which is adapted to rest in and on the central bottom portion of the valveseat and means for limiting the movement of said valve, substantially as shown and described.

2. A vessel provided with a neck in the bottom portion of which is a valve-seat support, a cup-shaped valve-seat resting on said support and provided with side ports or passages, a hollow valve adapted to fit in said valve-seat and to close said ports or passages and movable longitudinally of the neck of the vessel, means for holding the valve-seat in position, devices for limiting the movement of said valve, and guards in the neck portion of the bottle above said valve-seat to prevent interference with said valve, substantiallyas shown and described.

3. A bottle or similar vessel provided with a neck within the bottom portion of which is a valve-seat support, a hollow or cup-shaped valve-seat placed on said support and provided with side ports or passages, a hollow or conical valve placed in said valve-seat and adapted to close said ports or passages, iieXible devices connecting' the said valve with said valve-seat to limit the movement of said valve, means for holding the valve-seat in position and valve-guards placed in said neck above said valve, substantially as shown and described.

4. A vessel provided with a neck in the bottom portion of which is a valve-seat support, a cup-shaped valve-seat resting on said support and provided with side ports or passages, a hollow valve adapted to fit in said valve-seat and to close said ports or passages and movable longitudinally of the neck of the vessel, means for holding the valve-seat in position, and guards in the neck portion of the bottle above said valve-seat to prevent interference with said valve, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name, in pres- Aence of the subscribing witnesses, this 5th day of April, 1903.

HENRY PARKER.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, F. A. STEWART.

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